Troitsky 1895, presented by Andreas This is an absolutely brilliant puzzle. It is White to move an win. How can White do this? See if you can figure out without using computer assistance. 5B2/3p2p1/6Pk/3PRK2/6Pp/1P6/2P2p2/8 w – – 0 1...
Tiviakov and Lahno win EICC
Photo by Frits Agterdenbos of ChessVista.com GM S. Tiviakov is the new European Individual Chess Champion! With 8 players tying for the lead going into the last round, Tiviakov was the only player who managed to score a win...
Sculptural Attraction
The Opening Move: Chess Pieces With Sculptural AttractionBy MARGARET STUDERMay 2, 2008 Luke Honey professes to be a “lousy” chess player, but nevertheless, the game is his passion. On May 13, Bonhams in London will hold its first sale...
Grischuk leads with 3 to go
Standings after 10 rounds: 1. Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS 6½ 2-3 Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE 6Wang Yue 2689 CHN 6 4-6 Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR 5½Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE 5½Adams Michael 2729 ENG 5½ 7-9 Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA...
Cheparinov wins AGAIN!
After losing the first 4 games to start the Baku Grand Prix, Cheparinov has score 4 points in the past 5 games, including a win with the Black pieces against Radjabov! GM Radjabov (2751) – GM Cheparinov (2695) [B10]02.05.2008...
Day 2 Filming at the ABC TV studio
The behind the scene look of the “Mastering the French Defense” DVD filming at the ABC TV studio. This will be the first ever DVD from the ChessonDVD.com series which is being shot using the latest High Definition Widescreen...
Navara 1/2 Carlsen
GM Carlsen (2765) – GM Navara (2672) [C92]02.05.2008 (Baku Grand Prix – Round 10) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1...
The next female Grandmaster?
According to my calculation, IM Marie Sebag, French top female player, has just earned her third and final GM norm at the European Individual Chess Championship. Her new rating will be around mid 2500. Big congratulations to Marie! Chess...
Massive congestion is expected at the top
Final round (11) matchups of the leaders: GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2612 UKR 7.5 7.5 GM Movsesian Sergei 2695 SVKGM Baklan Vladimir 2647 UKR 7.5 7.5 GM Tregubov Pavel V 2629 RUSGM Tiviakov Sergei 2634 NED 7.5 7.5 GM Sutovsky...